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An indispensable international resource, The SAGE Handbook of Criminological Theory provides readers with a clear overview of criminological theory, enabling them to reflect critically upon the traditional, emergent and desirable theoretical positions of the discipline.This handbook is essential for libraries and scholars of all levels studying the rapidly developing, interdisciplinary field of criminology.
New Institutionalism in Criminology: Approaches, Theories and Themes
New Institutionalism in Criminology: Approaches, Theories and Themes
(Re)Introducing Institutional Perspectives to Criminology
Criminology seeks an understanding of crime, criminality and criminal justice. The range of themes and the obvious divide between the strands of “crime” and “justice” have produced an abundance of theories that target either crime or justice, and occasionally both. This has led to scarcity amid abundance as criminologists are reluctant to agree on one single general theory of crime, and even less willing to agree on a general theory of justice. However, the ...
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